different approaches
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmarts-latest-move-to-underc…
Marc Lore, former head of Jet.com and now head of Walmart’s e-commerce operations after Walmart purchased Jet for $3 billion last year, said on a conference call that, “In today’s world of e-commerce, two-day free shipping is table stakes. It no longer makes sense to charge for it,” according to Reuters.
And in this, Lore is saying that if you want to be a real player in online shopping, you need to offer free two-day shipping. Anything less is simply unacceptable to customers.
Amazon Prime members are also pitched on the company’s video-on-demand offerings, its music-on-demand offerings, and exclusive shipping offers (like, for example, same-day delivery of some items in some markets), that non-members don’t get. At $99 a year, these members are also incentivized to actually use these benefits and, as a result, theoretically stop shopping around for better deals on, say, toilet paper. But a better deal on toilet paper is exactly what Walmart is hoping to offer consumers. And without the annual fee.
I use both .
Amazon is easier to use , fulfillment is more reliable, but it often has higher prices. Some items are carried by both from the same merchant.
I will probably be using Wal Mart more despite the difficulties involve since I dislike public political ventures by CEO. No matter which side they support ,they are alienating some of their customers. That’s not good for business. If CEO feel strongly let them donate money quietly and privately.
I own some AMZN but not any WMT.